AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

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AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

2024-03-26 09:45 Last Updated At：09:51

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

Widely known as the Hindu festival of colors, Holi marks the arrival of the spring season in India, Nepal and other South Asian countries as well as the diaspora. It celebrates the divine love between the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha, and signifies a time of rebirth and rejuvenation, embracing the positive and letting go of negative energy

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Clothes thrown by revelers hang from overhanging cables as they dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at loknath Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Another tradition that marks Holi is Bhang, a paste made by grinding the leaves of the cannabis plant and is used in drinks and snacks. It is connected to Hinduism, particularly to Lord Shiva, and is eaten during some religious festivals in the region. The paste's sale and consumption are permissible under Indian law, although a few states have banned it.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Faces of a couple are smeared with colored powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A family takes selfie as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women dance on a street while taking part in a procession to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A girl shakes her head, smeared with colored powder, as people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Hindu man sprays coloured powder as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Jammu, India, Monday, March. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Monday, March.25, 2024.The Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A girl has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A shopkeeper sells local snack prepared with Bhang or cannabis, during Holi festivities in Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. Bhang is a popular drink during Holi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Gupta)

People drink Bhang, a beverage prepared with milk, dry fruits and cannabis, during Holi festivities in Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. Bhang is a popular drink during Holi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Gupta)

People prepare Bhang, a beverage prepared with milk, dry fruits and cannabis, during Holi festivities in Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. Bhang is a popular drink during Holi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Gupta)

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors play Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Women from Nandgaon, the birthplace of Hindu God Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary birthplace of Radha, the consort of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to put color on them. The same act is then replicated in Barsana between the women of that village and the men of Nandgaon as they observe the Lathmar Holi festival, a celebration of love and friendship. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Women, with their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

Another tradition that marks Holi is Bhang, a paste made by grinding the leaves of the cannabis plant and is used in drinks and snacks. It is connected to Hinduism, particularly to Lord Shiva, and is eaten during some religious festivals in the region. The paste's sale and consumption are permissible under Indian law, although a few states have banned it.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Faces of a couple are smeared with colored powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A family takes selfie as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women dance on a street while taking part in a procession to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A girl shakes her head, smeared with colored powder, as people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Hindu man sprays coloured powder as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Jammu, India, Monday, March. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Monday, March.25, 2024.The Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A girl has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A shopkeeper sells local snack prepared with Bhang or cannabis, during Holi festivities in Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. Bhang is a popular drink during Holi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Gupta)

People drink Bhang, a beverage prepared with milk, dry fruits and cannabis, during Holi festivities in Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. Bhang is a popular drink during Holi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Gupta)

People prepare Bhang, a beverage prepared with milk, dry fruits and cannabis, during Holi festivities in Bikaner, in the Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors that also heralds the coming of spring, is being celebrated across the country Monday. Bhang is a popular drink during Holi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Gupta)

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors play Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Women from Nandgaon, the birthplace of Hindu God Krishna, beat the men from Barsana, the legendary birthplace of Radha, the consort of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to put color on them. The same act is then replicated in Barsana between the women of that village and the men of Nandgaon as they observe the Lathmar Holi festival, a celebration of love and friendship. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Women, with their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Across the country, people — some dressed in all white — celebrated the festival by drenching one another in colored powder while others flung water balloons filled with colored pigment from balconies. Some used squirt guns to chase down fellow revelers in parks, and others danced on the streets to music blaring from speakers.

Food and drink are a big part of the festivities. Vendors in parts of India sold Thandai — a traditional beverage prepared with milk, dry fruits and can sometimes be laced with cannabis.

Another tradition that marks Holi is Bhang, a paste made by grinding the leaves of the cannabis plant and is used in drinks and snacks. It is connected to Hinduism, particularly to Lord Shiva, and is eaten during some religious festivals in the region. The paste's sale and consumption are permissible under Indian law, although a few states have banned it.

In parts of India, people also lit large bonfires the night before the festival to commemorate the triumph of good over evil.

Holi traditions vary across India.

Last week, in preparation for the festival, hundreds of women in two northern towns celebrated by playfully hitting men with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as part of a ritual. Known as the “Lathmar Holi” (Stick Holi), it attracts a large number of visitors.

Q&A: Kevin Costner on unveiling his Western saga 'Horizon' at Cannes

2024-05-20 01:43 Last Updated At：01:50

CANNES, France (AP) — A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the Cannes Film Festival to unveil his self-financed passion project.

“Two of my boys are out fishing right now,” Costner said with a grin in an interview at the Carlton Hotel. “And the three girls found their way onto a boat. So dad’s in here, stumping for his movie.”

The movie is actually two, or if Costner has his way, four. “Horizon: Chapter One,” which runs three hours, will be released by Warner Bros. in theaters June 28. “Chapter Two” follows August 16. Costner has scripts ready for parts three and four.

It's only the fourth time Costner, 69, has directed, following 1990’s “Dances With Wolves,” 1997’s “The Postman" and 2003’s “Open Range." But when he has, Costner has usually done it with a clear-eyed passion for storytelling and character. That's on display in the wide-ranging epic “Horizon,” with a cast including Sienna Miller, Abbey Lee, Sam Worthington and Costner.

It's also Costner's biggest gamble, ever. To raise the money for the $100 million-plus production, he mortgaged his seaside Santa Barbara, California, estate. He's been trying to make “Horizon” for more than 30 years.

“I thank God for Cannes. I’m an independent filmmaker, essentially, and I’m here by myself," said Costner, whose film was to premiere Sunday. "So this is a high moment for me because it’s helping me create awareness for a movie. I don’t have all the money in the world to expose this movie. But I have my time and a platform here.”

Remarks have been lightly edited for brevity.

COSTNER: You can spend your life just trying to make your pile grow bigger and bigger. And I’ve not been really terribly great at that. I’m like anyone else, I’d like it to be big. But not at the expense of not doing what I feel like I’ve love to do. If no one will help me do it and I believe strongly in its entertainment value — there’s commerce on my mind. But I don’t let it overshadow the entertainment value and essence of what I’m trying to portray. I don’t try to let the fear of that control my instincts on any level. I don’t want to live that way. If I was watching a movie about me and I thought, “Oo, don’t risk your money and make something like that," what a (expletive).

COSTNER: No, it wasn’t an easy decision, but it was the decision I needed to make. It’s like, wow, why am I having to do this? I think I’m making mainstream entertainment. I don’t know what you felt about the movie but I felt like it’s really mainstream. I don’t feel that I’m an avant-garde type of a person. But yet I think my things are a little off. I’m willing to (in a wagon trail scene in the film) see a woman bathe because her desire to be clean was so pronounced. If you’re a woman, who wouldn’t want to be? But then in the next moment, you realize it’s against the rule, man. You could cost yourself your life. So that scene became important to make the next scene important. To me, a scene like that is just as important as a gun fight. And if that kind of scene doesn’t want to exist in a mainstream movie…

COSTNER: I guess. It will be. They’re going to break this up into a hundred pieces, you know what I mean? After four of these, they’re going to have 13, 14 hours of film and they’re going to turn into 25 hours of TV, and they’re going to do whatever they’re going to do. That’s just the way we live in our life but they’ll also exist in this form. And that was important for me, to make sure that happened. And I was the one who paid for it.

COSTNER: The studio wanted to try that. I knew this was going to come out fairly quickly, like every four or five months. That may have been easier. But this is something they feel like people can remember the first one and it can tie into the second one. I built into all of them a montage of what’s coming.

COSTNER: I like seeing behavior in men that makes sense. I make movies for men. I just make sure there’s great women characters because that’s really important to me. The backbone of our movie is actually women. I don’t like boys behaving stupid. I like the little boy who (fleeing an attack) takes the two horses and effectively saves his life. I like seeing people behave honestly in desperate situations. The heroism of a little boy saying “I’ll stay with you, Dad” is a really powerful moment. That’s my son (Hayes Costner) and it was very hard to watch.

COSTNER: Confusion about it. The colonel says, “If we salt the earth with enough of their dead, the wagons won’t come anymore.” When you’re that far out there, you can’t go. When people said goodbye in the East Coast, they didn’t come back. So the confusion for the Native American was they couldn’t make sense of that. Normally if you kill enough people they won’t bother you. But these Americans, these people were getting flyers saying you could have this land. There are salesmen in every century, every decade selling something they don’t really know what it is. It’s just America. It’s just this giant experiment of hope.

COSTNER: When they weren’t useful, they were just cast away. And they had to create a sense of community and they came en masse. They came together and they were very industrious. They’ll be the wealthiest people in that town until there’s a tipping point and racism kicks in and suddenly they’re gone, too. You watch. That’s what would happen in real life.

COSTNER: There’s inevitable tragedy to it. And there’s divisions. You see a whole tribe break in half. You see a father break from a son.

COSTNER: I’ve shot three days and I continue to have to press for money to finish this. I have to figure out what else I can do to make this. But I’m not waiting to see how people feel. I know what this is, and I think if people love the movie experience, they have a really good chance of wanting to see the next one. That’s all I can believe. The prudent thing would be to wait, but I guess I’m not built for that wait.

COSTNER: “Yellowstone” was really important in my life. I really loved that world and what we were able to do in five seasons. I only thought it would be one, but did five. I was willing to do three more – five, six and seven – but it just didn’t happen. Certain things were going on and it just didn’t happen. So the idea of going back, I’m open to that idea. But it’s based on everything that first three or four were based on, which is the scripts.

AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

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AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Faces of a couple are smeared with colored powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A family takes selfie as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women dance on a street while taking part in a procession to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A girl shakes her head, smeared with colored powder, as people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Hindu man sprays coloured powder as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Jammu, India, Monday, March. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Monday, March.25, 2024.The Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A girl has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women, with their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Faces of a couple are smeared with colored powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A family takes selfie as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women dance on a street while taking part in a procession to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A girl shakes her head, smeared with colored powder, as people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Hindu man sprays coloured powder as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Jammu, India, Monday, March. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Monday, March.25, 2024.The Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A girl has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women, with their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

AP PHOTOS: India celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of color that marks the reawakening of spring

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Faces of a couple are smeared with colored powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A family takes selfie as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women dance on a street while taking part in a procession to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A girl shakes her head, smeared with colored powder, as people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Hindu man sprays coloured powder as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Jammu, India, Monday, March. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Monday, March.25, 2024.The Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A girl has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women, with their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Monday the Hindu Holi festival, dancing to festive music, exchanging food and drink and smearing each other with red, green, blue and pink powder, turning the air into a joyful kaleidoscope of color.

A swarm of bees attack a drunk man during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Guwahati, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Faces of a couple are smeared with colored powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations marking Holi at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A family takes selfie as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women dance on a street while taking part in a procession to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A girl shakes her head, smeared with colored powder, as people celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A Hindu man sprays coloured powder as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Jammu, India, Monday, March. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Monday, March.25, 2024.The Hindu festival of colors, also heralds the arrival of spring.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A girl has her face smeared with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Women, with their faces smeared with coloured powder, pose for a photograph as they celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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